The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-24
White Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important:.Ea ctS Figures,
and Statistics.

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road nernsCsrthags, the terminus
of I've SSn Pedro coal mine branch
Of me a. T. x S. y. L. R., 1913
nAs IRON SoeOrr0, on the main
live. las miles trolE Fl Paso, Tex
SIS, and - troS Lincoln, the Co.
sSak
Whin Oaks is the largest town
in The county, and ths seat OF an
i,aportzAt supply trade. Its line
" s~itustcdsin = valley, among the
syurs Of the Carlo range, at an ell
eyatSn ct $40 feet above sea
level. IL has two religious organ
;zahors, Methodist and Congrega-
tiouallt, a large and prosperous
nu,lio school, two weekly newspa-
pers. I've prosperous mercantile es-
taulissrpsutS, TWO hotels, two bill
lard ais, SWO blacksmith shops,
conc also y wagon snop,) n TWEEN
ty s,ainp gold mill il operation, al
so q HuntlngtsA Centrifugal mill,
and . 10 stamp gold mill.
TIE great i1olsessske Gold Mines
Ar. enc nile d. ". Of the centre Of
the town, and around them are a
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
s. E.. are inexh2ustible mines OF
coal, varying from bitumtnous to
serui.anthrucits. From four to
ave- iailes n. W. of the town, in
the Lone MonntaiA region, are eX-
tensivs bodies Of magnetic iron
ores, Of excellent quality and high
grade. Twenty miles south and
south vest lie the silver lead mines
Of tee RonitS mining district, the
rich gold mines OF the Nogal min
ing district. and the copper silver
bearing ores Of the west side
The town is sbundsntly supplied
with water : wood 10 abundant in
the foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has q daily mail to
Carthage. on Tie railway, and to
TT. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
tho present objective point of the
Chicago, St. LOUIS Il Fl Paso R.R.
now building FROM 81 Paso. Texas,
and ia destined to be an important
point upon that railway when it is
completed - Kansas City, as the
necessary link in tina shortest posi-
bic line betw cen Chicago and the
CIV Of McKee,.
Fhe Csus.y Of Lincoln, Tin the
.o.th-co.,erg cerbsr OF New MtXi-
co. is $50 IN lies i'll extreme length,
and 100 in extreiSe breadth, and
eonalns 94e50 square miles. 1t
is divided, iroE north - sosth, by
tic BIO Fcc4~,, sa 'uovtants'reHIn
whics receives %ittIn tt1e county
numerous tribul.Fies $~*isln@ N the
east side of tnc Great lsangc.
Pho weStcsl pert Of ihe County
il divided hs nsountSdne, locally
known as tee G.elinaS, JicSrilIas,
Carisos, Sierra Hl;hic"s, &c, all
nor,ions Of she Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks ct these ranges
vary from-Gal!inas and Jacks
Peak. about 5000 feet, to Garlic,
1900, Negal, 10000, and Sierra
Blaaca, $4,000.
The population Of the County
was 5000 in 1885, o about6, 900
The towns, other than W hite Oaks,
are Lincolu, San Particle, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin'S Mill, Galena, Ros-
well, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
and Lookout.
Two-thirds Of the County CON
sists OF ans grazing lands, mainly
well vstered, aud stocked with
400. 600 head sf cattle, All increase
Of l,OOe ser cent. in ) years. The
Anrora goat has made his appear
ance in the m0uRtains of Lincoln
County, and he 10 here to stay. He
ranges where asthing else will. and
is exceedingly pTOHlaulo " Ills
owner. There Sre-bat-+ew-s sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burros, (Anglia
Jackass ss,) like the sands Of the
seashore, for multitude.
On the Penssco, Ruidoso, Boni-
to. Hondo, Seven Rivers, Black
River, and Pscos, there are the Tin
est OF agricultural slssds. Fine
farms have besH opened on al
those streams, and upon them has
been produced in exceptional quail
ity and quantity every farm pro-
nets which car be raised at such
AN elevation. The experience OF
the late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
that LincolR County will produce,
in abundance, all the Northern
fruits. The agricultural interest is
already important, and growing,